Monday, February 28, 2011

Welcome SAGE!

There is a new parents advocacy group in our district, SAGE, which stands for "Supporting and Advocating for Gifted Education". The group's mission is "to ensure gifted children in Grapevine/Colleyville reach their fullest potential by advocating on their behalf, connecting parents to valuable resources and to each other, and by educating and supporting their teachers and administrators." This group will offer resources to parents and educators to improve the overall educational experience of gifted children in GCISD. We need to raise the bar for all kids in our district, starting with our top students. When we give additional tools to teachers and parents to increase the level of educational engagement of our GT kids inside their regular classroom, then all kids benefit from this. The more GT training our teachers have, the better prepare they will be to establish a more fun and stimulating classroom for all students.

If you are interested in joining this parents' group, please send an email to info.gcsage@gmail.com. You can also follow the group on their Facebook page and via Twitter.

2 comments:

  1. Thank you for your support Jorge! We are so excited about our new group. Over 500 parents signed up to be on our email list within the first week of our introduction. I believe it really speaks to the need for a group like this in our district. All of our surrounding districts have active groups that offer everything from child/parenting resources to scholarships for teachers to attend GT training. We hope to be like them when we grow up! I also want to encourage GT parents to "Like" our Facebook page so they can be the first to learn about give-aways and breaking news. Thanks for spreading the word! Kimberley Barber Davis, SAGE President

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  2. You're welcome! The new website looks great! If any of our readers have not seen it, please visit www.gc-sage.org.

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